Tuesday, March 14, 2006

News for 03-13-06

03-13-06 - Bush plans sustained campaign against Iranian govt The administration of US President George W. Bush plans for a sustained campaign against the ayatollahs of Tehran that could include regime change, a newspaper reported. AIPAC has given the Bush admin their orders, and as with the orders to attack Iraq, this admin will not disappoint.

03-13-06 - China, Russia Reject Iran Nuke Statement Russia and China, allies of Iran, believe council action - such as a challenging statement or economic sanctions - risks angering Tehran further, possibly causing the regime to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and kick out IAEA inspectors....The United States and its allies could opt to bypass the Security Council entirely in confronting Iran. Last week, U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns said a coalition of countries supporting tough action might consider targeted sanctions if the council was not firm enough.

03-13-06 - Bush ties Iran to deadly Iraq bombs US President George W. Bush, stepping up a war of words with Iran, accused Tehran of contributing to ever-deadlier roadside bombs used against US-led forces and civilians in Iraq. The BS-o-meter just spontaneously combusted.

03-13-06 - Hamas case testimony in U.S. continues out of eye of public, press Prosecutors say the measures are needed to protect the Israelis from possible retribution by Hamas terrorists. Mr. Salah's attorneys argue their client has a constitutional right to confront his accusers....What is rare about the Salah case, according to Northwestern University law professor Ron Allen, is Judge St. Eve's decision to block the agents' testimony from the public....Prosecutors will make transcripts of the testimony public -- minus material that the government deems classified under the federal Classified Information Procedures Act.

03-13-06 - Israeli warplanes overfly Lebanon Beirut has filed repeated complaints to the United Nations -- which has in turn called for Israel to halt violations of Lebanese airspace -- following the May 2000 Israeli troop pullout from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.

03-13-06 - Iran builds underground command center Sunday Telegraph reports country?s leaders built complex of rooms, offices designed to serve as bolt hole, headquarters for rulers as military tensions mount; construction of complex part of regime's plan to move more of its operations beneath ground, report says

03-13-06 - The Shame and the Sorrow Like the Bourbons, famously described by Talleyrand as having learned nothing and forgotten nothing, the neocons have few regrets over the widening debacle in Iraq

03-13-06 - On the Side of the Peacemakers I went to Iraq because I wanted to see what one year of occupation had done to Iraqi society, and I went to the West Bank and Gaza Strip because I wanted to see what three generations of occupation had done to Palestinian society. I found a lot more hopelessness and despair in Palestine. I met people who didn?t have that vision, like Iraqis did, that their situation was going to change in the near future

03-13-06 - Rabbis call for Sudan action The program also featured a briefing on the topic by John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, at the offices of the Anti-Defamation League. The neocon hero du jour, John Bolton, doing the bidding of pro-Israel organizations. It's doubtful that these orgs would give a rat's about Darfur if it weren't for the fact that it's Arabs that are doing the crimes therein.